Police describe the rape of a 75-year-old woman in her home in Greater Manchester by a man who forced his way in as a “despicable” crime.

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Intruder rapes woman, 75, in flat

A nurse investigated over the contamination of saline solution at Stepping Hill Hospital in Greater Manchester has been dismissed from her job, the BBC understands.

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Saline case nurse sacked from job

A 79-year-old woman found unconscious in a Greater Manchester alleyway after an apparent mugging has died.

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VIDEO: Widow dies after Oldham mugging

A 79-year-old woman found unconscious in a Greater Manchester alleyway has a handbag containing her late husband’s ashes stolen from her.

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Widow has husband’s ashes stolen

Lawyers for a Greater Manchester mother trying to find her daughter, who was abducted by the child’s father in 2009, issue an appeal to trace her.

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Bid to trace girl abducted by dad

A Greater Manchester man is arrested in Indonesia on suspicion of drug smuggling.

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Briton in Indonesia drugs arrest

A florist who stabbed to death an intruder at his shop in Greater Manchester will not be charged, the Crown Prosecution Service says.

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No charge over florist raid death

An increased police presence on Greater Manchester’s streets helps to prevent a second night of rioting.

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Extra police helps prevent riots

A father-of-six from Greater Manchester who was on a business trip to Pakistan is shot dead in Lahore, his family says.

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Father-of-six killed in Pakistan

A female teacher at a school in Greater Manchester is charged with attempting to groom a 14-year-old boy.

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Female teacher on grooming charge

Plans to cut up to 1,000 jobs at an NHS trust in Greater Manchester will have an impact on patients, the British Medical Association says.

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Hospital cuts ‘will hit patients’

Up to 1,000 jobs could be lost at a Greater Manchester NHS trust as it tries to save £45m by April 2012.

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Hospital trust may cut 1,000 jobs

Greater Manchester Police sends out the first of its compulsory redundancy notices to help save £134m over the next four years.

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Police issue redundancy notices

A four-year-old girl found dead at her house in Greater Manchester had been stabbed, say police.

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Four-year-old ‘stabbed to death’

Workers at the Heinz factory in Greater Manchester walk out on strike after failing to agree to a pay offer.

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Heinz workers walk out on strike